VAIL, Colo. — The newly-formed Team STX
claimed the women's elite title in its first trip to the Vail
Lacrosse Shootout, beating the Harrow Honeybadgers 13-3 in the
championship game Sunday morning in the 41st edition of the
prestigious summer tournament.

Team STX is women's lacrosse's first elite post-collegiate club
team and its talent showed throughout the Vail tournament. STX won
its five tournament games by an average of 12.4 goals.

Former Notre Dame attacker Maggie Tamasitis was named women's
elite MVP, dishing out more than 20 assists throughout the
tournament. Tamasitis had four assists in the championship game.
Virginia alum Julie Gardner scored a game-high four goals.

Tamasitis and Gardner, along with Kitty Cullen (Florida), Lauren
Schmidt (Stanford) and Sam Farrell (Florida) were named to the
all-tournament team.

"We're at altitude and almost everyone is from sea level, so
initially that had us a little nervous, but we do have the best
players in the country on our team, so we weren't too nervous,"
said Team STX coach Carrie Gamper, a 2011 Denver graduate. "We came
out and played hard."

Team STX will also play at the Lake Placid and Ocean City club
tournaments this summer.

"It's unbelievable to even be a part of something like this,"
Tamasitis said. "It's really exciting. I feel so privileged to be
asked to play with these girls with such high talent... It was like
second nature. They made everything so easy. It's been a ton of
fun."

That showed as the members of the team — in new white
uniforms featuring Team STX in red and black — celebrated
with team pictures late Sunday morning with picturesque mountains
serving as the background.

"It's nice to come back to see a lot of familiar faces and
friends," Gamper said. "The tournament here is so well run. It's a
lot of fun competition, then you can go out and have a good time
with everyone that you see."